Fish-line sinker.



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FISH LINE SINKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. I916.

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SAMUEL H. PETERS, F ALLENTOWN, PENNSYBVANIA.

FISH-LINE smKEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. is, 1918.

Application filed May a, 1915. Serial are. 26,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. Prrrnns, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh' and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish- Line Sinkers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to smkers and is especially adapted for use in connection with fishing lines.

The object of this invention is to provide a sinker that is primarily adapted for use as above set forth which is somade as to accommodate lines of different sizes so that the same is applicable for different kinds of fishing.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved fishing line sinker that is so constructed as to provide means for the engagement of the same with the fishing line so as to positively obviate any likelihood of the line becoming detached from the sinker. I

. A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of the kind above setforth that is simple in construction, eflicient in operation, and consists of a mininium number of parts and, therefore, can be manufactured for the minimum amount.

IWith these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain'novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved sinker attached to a line;

Fig. 2' is a view in elevation of the improved device, the same being a view taken at right angles to that as shown in Fig. 1;

Fi 3 is a section'taken on the line-3-3 of Fig. 2;

' adjacent one end of this bore isa collar; 15

for a purpose that will be hereinafter set forth.

A cavity 15 is provided in the member 11, the same being adapted for alinement with the pin 13 of the member 10.

These substantially. semi-spherical members 10 and 11 are held together by means of a retaining screw the same having an elongated shank provided with a threaded portion 16, an unthreaded portion 17 and an enlarged head 18 that has formed therein a groove 19 for the reception of a suitable implement; A coil spring 20 is positioned about the unthreaded portion ofthe screw and the said screw is positioned in the bores 12 and 14, after the same have been the total Fig. 4. is a section taken on' line of Fig. 1a. Q

eferrin'g to the parts byreference numerals, this device comprises substantially semi-spherical members Y10 and 11, thememis a section taken on line -5 of her having a threaded bore 12 formed.

ofthe bore 12 formed in the member 10 8B0.

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alin'ed, the threaded portion 16 thereof'being in threaded engagement with the screw threaded bore 12 and the coil spring 20 engaging the collar and the head 18. As is clearly shown in Fig. 5, the pin 13 is positioned in the cavity 15 and the line 21 is passed about the screw and crossed between the pin 13 and the screw thereb, 1 providing apositivemeans for retaining t e sinker in connection with the lines. It being obvious that, with the line so'placed as shown in Fig. 3, the same is capable of movement but displacement thereof is positively obviated. e

As is clearly shown in Fig. 5, the coil spring is in abutment with the head 18 of the retaining screw and the collar 15 formed on the section 11 and in that the ret'aifiing screw is held fast to the member 10, the said members are yieldably secured together and therefore lines of difi'erent sizes can be efliciently retained therebetween.

It will be further seen that this spring 20 is efliciently housed by means of the collar 15 ing screw is substantially the same size as the bore 14.. v I g It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departin fom the material parts tli' 'reof. It istherefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact form herein shownand described, but it is within the scope claimed.

What is claimed is':- a

1. In a sinker, the combination of two secone of said sections having a pin carried thereby and also in that the head 18 of the retainwished to include all such as property come.

amdtheother of said sections having a depression formed therein for the reception of said pin, said sections provided with alined bores, a retaining screw passed through said bores and in threaded engagement with one of the same, and means in the other of said bores to facilitate the retention of said sections at difi'erent distances apart relative to each-other whereby the same can receive lines of'diflerent sizes.

2. In a sinker, the combination of two sectlons, one of said sections having a pin carried thereby and the other of said sections having a depression formed therein for the reception of said pin, said sections provided with alined bores, through said bores in threaded engagement with oneof the same, a coil springin the other of said bores whereby said sections are yieldably secured together so that lines of different sizes can be secured therebe- 2C tween.

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature a in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL H. PETERS.

Witnesses:

HELEN R. OBERLY, I BESSIE H. KEMMERER,

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